Service Oriented Architecture for z/OS

AUDIENCE: IT managers, Architects and planners responsible for software design, implementation and deployment in the z/OS environment.
PREREQUISITES: The attendees should have a good understanding of the z/OS application environment and development facilities.
DURATION: 2 days.
OBJECTIVES: In this course the students will learn:
- SOA Fundamentals - what Service Oriented Architecture is
- How the business can benefit from SOA infrastructure - who needs SOA?
- Leading SOA vendors and their offerings
- What IBM has done to include the z/OS platform in the SOA model
The SOA development methodology (SOAD)
- How to use the SOAD in z/OS environment for new applications
- How to integrate legacy applications using SOA (CICS, DB2, IMS and Batch)
- Best practices.
COURSE CONTENT:
SOA Fundamentals

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Advantages of SOA

Software Platform for SOA
Objectives
SOA Development Iteration
Types of Software Needed to Support SOA
Oracle SOA Suite
IBM Software Offering
IBM WebSphere Process Server
IBM IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
TIBCO BusinessWorks
TIBCO SmartMapper
webMethods Fabric
webMethods: Enterprise Service Platform (ESP)
webMethods: Business Process Management (BPM)
webMethods: Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
webMethods: Composite Application Development
WebLogic Integration
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Summary

J2EE and WebSphere Overview

Justifying SOA on z/OS
Why SOA on z/OS?
Development Resource Pool
Services and mainframe transactions
Three key objectives for SOA on System z
Web to 3270 Access Mapping
Enabling Mainframe Resources for SOA
Enabling Mainframe Application for SOA
Three Styles of Application Transformation
Three Development Approaches
zSeries Developer s Roadmap for SOA

Enabling Legacy Systems
SOA Enabled IBM Transactional Runtimes
Web Services and CICS/TS
Web Services and IMS V9
Web Services and DB/2 - WORF
DB2 - Web Service Provider / Consumer
SOA on z/OS Development Tools
SOA on z/OS WDz XSE
WDz Service Flow Modeler
SOA on z/OS Compiler support
Enabling z/OS for SOA - Summary

WebSphere Application Server V6

WebSphere MQ - Introduction

Enabling CICS/TS Applications

Enabling DB2 Applications and Data

Enabling IMS Applications and Data

SOA for z/OS - Summary